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| April 2025 | Ideas for strengthening membership |
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 | | Craft a Rotary or Rotaract club that resonates with your community | | Rotary and Rotaract clubs share core values and a strong commitment to service, yet each offers a distinct and valuable experience for members. Building new clubs with innovative club models is one way to create an experience that meets the needs of its members and gets noticed by prospective members. Learn more in our video about the club models you can try. | |
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| | | Don’t miss the 2025 Rotary International Convention | Rotary members and friends from across the globe will soon gather for the 2025 Rotary International Convention from 21 to 25 June in Calgary, Canada. The convention promises to be an extraordinary opportunity to connect, gain insights from distinguished speakers, and share hope.
If you attend, don’t miss these breakout sessions about growing membership, engaging members, and enhancing public image:- Key Steps to 25% Annual Membership Growth
- Attracting the Next Generation of Rotarians
- ChatGPT and AI: Creating Efficiency and Engagement
- What the Public Thinks of Rotary and Why it Matters
- Impactful Change: Membership Strategies
Find these sessions and many more on the full list of breakout sessions (PDF). |  |
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| Growing membership increases the good we can do | | Share the gift of Rotary with your friends, family, neighbors, and acquaintances by inviting them to a Rotary activity. Tell them why you joined, and let them know about the connections and impact that they can make through Rotary and how they can grow. Visit our Membership Society virtual gallery to view the members who have sponsored 25 or more new members, and discover strategies for sponsoring new members. | |
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| Design your Rotary experience | | Rotary members have many opportunities to make connections, participate in meaningful service, become leaders, and expand their perspective. Designing Your Rotary Experience describes the options members have for personalizing their Rotary experience and getting involved in ways that matter to them. Share this guide with new members who are still learning about Rotary and other members interested in new ways to get involved. | |
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| Congratulations to this year’s Sylvia Whitlock Leadership Award recipient | | The Sylvia Whitlock Leadership Award is given every year to a Rotary or Rotaract club member, regardless of gender and Rotary tenure, who has actively contributed to the advancement of women in Rotary. This year’s recipient is Ayda Özeren, a past district governor and a member of the Rotary Club of Izmir-Gündogdu, Turkey. Özeren’s work as an author, mediator, and professional speaker has uplifted women and girls in Rotary and beyond. Learn more about her, and see a list of previous award recipients. | |
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| Balancing mission and recognition | | Recognition of donations to The Rotary Foundation plays a significant role in motivating donors and reinforcing their contributions, but the ultimate goal is supporting the mission of the Foundation. Find out why the mission and recognition are both important. | |
| | | The power of Rotary | | Aruna Koushik, a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada, visited India and learned about the plight of widows in the Adivasi tribal groups, who face social isolation and economic challenges. Find out how her club, along with other Rotary clubs in Canada and India, worked with Sevalaya, a trust in India, to help the Adivasi widows earn a sustainable living. | |
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